NET Bible | New Living Translation |
1"'Now if his offering is a peace offering sacrifice, if he presents an offering from the herd, he must present before the LORD a flawless male or a female. | 1“If you present an animal from the herd as a peace offering to the LORD, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects. |
2He must lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, must splash the blood against the altar's sides. | 2Lay your hand on the animal’s head, and slaughter it at the entrance of the Tabernacle. Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, will splatter its blood against all sides of the altar. |
3Then the one presenting the offering must present a gift to the LORD from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that surrounds the entrails, | 3The priest must present part of this peace offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes all the fat around the internal organs, |
4the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys). | 4the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys, |
5Then the sons of Aaron must offer it up in smoke on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the wood in the fire as a gift of a soothing aroma to the LORD. | 5and Aaron’s sons will burn them on top of the burnt offering on the wood burning on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. |
6"'If his offering for a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a flawless male or female. | 6“If you present an animal from the flock as a peace offering to the LORD, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects. |
7If he presents a sheep as his offering, he must present it before the LORD. | 7If you present a sheep as your offering, bring it to the LORD, |
8He must lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it before the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron must splash its blood against the altar's sides. | 8lay your hand on its head, and slaughter it in front of the Tabernacle. Aaron’s sons will then splatter the sheep’s blood against all sides of the altar. |
9Then he must present a gift to the LORD from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove all the fatty tail up to the end of the spine, the fat covering the entrails, and all the fat on the entrails, | 9The priest must present the fat of this peace offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes the fat of the broad tail cut off near the backbone, all the fat around the internal organs, |
10the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys). | 10the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys, |
11Then the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar as a food gift to the LORD. | 11and the priest will burn them on the altar. It is a special gift of food presented to the LORD. |
12"'If his offering is a goat he must present it before the LORD, | 12“If you present a goat as your offering, bring it to the LORD, |
13lay his hand on its head, and slaughter it before the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron must splash its blood against the altar's sides. | 13lay your hand on its head, and slaughter it in front of the Tabernacle. Aaron’s sons will then splatter the goat’s blood against all sides of the altar. |
14Then he must present from it his offering as a gift to the LORD: the fat which covers the entrails and all the fat on the entrails, | 14The priest must present part of this offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes all the fat around the internal organs, |
15the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys). | 15the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys, |
16Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a soothing aroma--all the fat belongs to the LORD. | 16and the priest will burn them on the altar. It is a special gift of food, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. All the fat belongs to the LORD. |
17This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.'" | 17“You must never eat any fat or blood. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever you live.” |
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